PHYZX Fees and Costs — PGIM High Yield Fund, Class Z
Data updated: 2026-07-27
The net expense ratio is 0.51%: a 0.36% management fee plus 0.15% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $451K in broker commissions, 0.0023% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 49%.
PHYZX Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of PHYZX. Prospectus, as of August 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.36% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.15% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.51% |
| Fee waiver | — |
| Net expense ratio | 0.51% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | 0.00% |
| Max deferred load | 0.00% |
| Redemption fee | 0.00% |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | Yes |
PHYZX Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in PHYZX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $324 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.54% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.51%) | $54 | $168 | $293 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $0 | $1 | $1 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $8 | $30 |
| Total costs | $54 | $177 | $324 |
| Value after costs | $10,446 | $11,399 | $12,439 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.54% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
PHYZX Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0023%
- Total broker commissions: $451K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $15.9B
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 49%
- Securities on loan, average value: $856.2M
- Net income from securities lending: $1.7M (0.009% of average net assets)
PHYZX Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $155K | 34.49% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC | $84K | 18.73% |
| CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | $63K | 14.03% |
| OPPENHEIMER & CO. INC. | $60K | 13.37% |
| BOFA SECURITIES, INC. | $32K | 7.15% |
| RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC | $31K | 6.84% |
| JEFFERIES LLC | $21K | 4.71% |
| ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INC. | $1K | 0.31% |
| CITADEL SECURITIES LLC | $894 | 0.20% |
| BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC. | $738 | 0.16% |
PHYZX Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $3.0B | 22.17% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $2.4B | 17.68% |
| BOFA SECURITIES, INC. | $1.8B | 13.71% |
| BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC. | $1.3B | 9.74% |
| CitiGroup Global Markets Inc. | $1.3B | 9.50% |
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC | $1.2B | 8.62% |
| JEFFERIES LLC | $739.2M | 5.50% |
| WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | $644.8M | 4.80% |
| CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO. | $575.3M | 4.28% |
| DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC. | $536.8M | 4.00% |
PGIM High Yield Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHYQX | Class R6 | 0.38% | none |
| PHYZX | Class Z | 0.51% | none |
| PHYGX | Class R4 | 0.66% | none |
| PBHAX | Class A | 0.74% | 3.25% |
| PHYEX | Class R2 | 0.91% | none |
| JDYRX | Class R | 1.05% | none |
| PRHCX | Class C | 1.47% | none |
For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.